. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. .jIusH ^biifJ. Kroni K ? to Bride Peak. 285 ^Ve were up betimes on the 30th, and finished breakiDg up campin a heavy snowfall. The air was still. Foiu cooUes were told off tocarry Brocherels chair, and we had all the others start off, ourselvesfollowing. After getting on the moraine we turned back for a last lookat the spot which had been our shelter for the past month and had never looked so forlorn as now. The heavy snow obliterated in ashort time all tra
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. .jIusH ^biifJ. Kroni K ? to Bride Peak. 285 ^Ve were up betimes on the 30th, and finished breakiDg up campin a heavy snowfall. The air was still. Foiu cooUes were told off tocarry Brocherels chair, and we had all the others start off, ourselvesfollowing. After getting on the moraine we turned back for a last lookat the spot which had been our shelter for the past month and had never looked so forlorn as now. The heavy snow obliterated in ashort time all traces of the camp that had once stood there. One ofour friendly crows was perched on the little level—his companions hadall deserted us some days before. We went on very slowly, as Brocherel was with us, covering on footthe distance across the two moraine ridges. AVhen he decided to beginto use the chair we found, to our disappointment, that the coolies—though with the best will in the world—were unable to carry were not used to working in concert nor keeping step together,and they were not strong in the arms, so that their
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